Ride the lightning has the best intro, you'd be crazy not to think so. - Crash

Not my favorite but voted it just because I think it should be higher this and fade to black and master of puppets and battery are my 4 favorites

Such a classic thrash metal intro, the high pitched guitars are the lightning and the pounding tom drums are the thunder, perfect! The harmonies are such a great touch and the bass crunches through! Incredibly clever, then the headbanging chugging riff begins!

I play that song on guitar.For me it's the best song in the World, just listen to the whole song every day, you will understand me..

8Creeping Death

A great intro - Spyrofan35

9Battery

This 30s acoustic intro symbolizes the entire thrash genre! If I were to make a film on thrash this intro would be the first thing played! As soon as I hear this it instantly reminds me of the greatness that was to follow... - Cmf97351

the acoustic part is the best part of the entire song and sets up the whole song to make one there greatest songs ever

Deserves to be #2 after For Whom the Bell Tolls. - Vinitsky

The acoustic Intro is epic.

10St. Anger

While the song itself isn't very good, the intro is badass. If they kept the aggression flowing from the intro throughout, this could've been one of Metallica's best songs. - MKBeast

The Contenders

11Seek & Destroy

12Nothing Else Matters

I want to say about this song just nothing else matter.. I also play this intro in my guitar & this is the 1st intro which my teacher taught me..

One of the best intro by Metallica... Hammet you rock

13All Nightmare Long

Its defenetly better than the Unforgiven 1,2, and 3

14Sad But True

I think about this intro all the time

15Bleeding Me

16Leper Messiah

17The Struggle Within

Cool! I love the drum intro to this song. It sounds so awesome. It sounds like a war is about to start in the intro which is pretty cool! Should be higher.

It is really cool, the snar,... Like on a parade. Really cool. - patschyie

18The Frayed Ends of Sanity

This intro riff is from the Wizard of Oz but Metallica's twist on it makes this intro amazing and it totally pumps me up.

19Blackened

Best metallic a intro should be on the top ten. Battery is second

Best intro

Hell yeah! - Userguy44

Best intro, keeps you motivated and prepares you for the rest of the song

Personally, I think "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is the best intro, but "Damage, inc."'s is also an amazing one. While "Battery" also has a similar start, something strikes me about "Damage, inc." It's so beautiful, like "Orion"'s middle solo by Burton. I love the ambient sound that plays in the background until the first minute passes. It's so soothing and pumping at the same time. Add in the effect that this is Cliff Burton's final song and that kinda makes the song sad :(. Heck, I'm listening to it right now :).

Also, Kerry King has said this is his favorite Metallica song. And it definitely is one of my favorites too (And in my opinion, the most underrated Metallica song ever).

30My Friend of Misery

The intro is just so awesome! This should easily be in the top 10's. I love the intro to this song! The whole song is just so damn good! MFOM! MFOM! Vote! - johnpaularguelles

31Don't Tread On Me

32The Unforgiven III

Not very metallica-like, but can't help liking the beautiful piano/orchestral intro. - petrucci75hammet

33Orion

34Harvester of Sorrow

35To Live Is to Die

Amazing, and difficult to replicate.

Just... nice and soft and soothing. I love this intro.

36Better Than You

37The Shortest Straw

38Sweet Amber

I do, admittedly, like this song, but the intro is its strongest asset; there are many Metallica songs that are superior overall, but I really like the intro to this one.